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When asked if a single could arrive in 2019, Fortus replied: “It could definitely happen… there might be stuff started.” As for the next tour, he added: “[It] depend[s] on whether or not we have a new record out. If we have something out, then we could tour.” As for the album’s theme, he said: “Axl’s got a lot to write about”

Guns N’ Roses NEW ALBUM confirmed by Richard Fortus ‘Axl Rose has a lot to write about’ (Image: GETTY)

Richard Fortus has played guitar for Guns N' Roses since 2002 (Image: GETTY)

In fact at Guns N’ Roses’ final performance of their latest tour in Honolulu on December 8, Axl hinted at the new album.

According to NME, he said: “We can’t do what’s next until we finish this, right? Now that all that’s done, we can get on with things.”

Slash added: “Because all the bulls*** we’d had that sort of caused all of the s*** back in the nineties, there was a lot of outside influence on that, so now that that’s sort of eliminated we’re just left to our own devices.

“We get along f***ing great.

“So I think we’re going to go well on into the future.

“I mean, Axl’s got a ton of s*** that he recorded already, so we’re going to get in there and just start getting into that thing, and then if we do a record and then do a tour, I could see that cycle going on endlessly."